Hawkeye football player charged with OWI

A University of Iowa football player was arrested Friday night for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, according to a University of Iowa Police complaint.

Dean Tsopanides, a 21-year-old junior defensive lineman from Torrington, Conn., was reportedly stopped at East Prentiss and South Linn streets shortly before midnight.

According to the complaint, UI Police stopped Tsopanides for expired registration, but an officer smelled alcohol on the defendant at the window. Tsopanides allegedly failed HGN testing, but passed both walk and turn and one leg stand tests.

Tsopanides was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, first offense, a serious misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and/or a fine of $1,250.

A handful of players from both the UI football and men's basketball programs have been either cited or arrested over the last six months. In addition to Martin-Manley and Tsopanides, Nico Law — who has since transferred — was charged with disorderly conduct earlier this month, Zach McCabe was arrested for assault causing bodily injury in May, and Peter Jok was arrested for OWI in April.